Andrew Marvell
Lesson plans for "To His Coy Mistress," others

Biography and related links from Wikipedia.

Biography and links to poems.

Criticism from The Cambridge History of English and American Literature, 1907-21.

The Roman poet Horace, Andrew Marvell, and Marvin Gaye each contribute to this lesson. It focuses on diction, figurative language, and theme.

A hypertext version of the poem followed by 14 possible thesis statements for an analytical essay.

What does the Ganges River look like? What does it represent? Find images and critical commentary here.

This study guide includes poetry by Marvell, John Donne, George Herbert, and Henry Vaughan.

Students work in small groups. Each group learns about one English poet from this era, and then each group teaches the others.

Links to 10 online poems, including "The Mower" poems and "To His Coy Mistress."

Links to poems, including some written in Latin.

Students focus on how Marvell's use of tone and imagery serves to promote his theme of fleeting time.